How a careful review of market and consumer information led to exceptional presales success for an expansion at Westminster Canterbury in Richmond, Virginia By Russell Gardner, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and Stacey Nannery, Vice President of Sales and...
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Turning Market Insights Into Successful Presales
How Lutheran Services Carolinas used market data to dramatically exceed presales goals for a new waterfront community in Wilmington, North Carolina A unique opportunity About forty years ago, Lutheran Services Carolinas (LSC) was gifted 30 acres of waterfront land...
“Houston, We Have a Problem.” How to Use Appreciative Inquiry to Overcome Sales Challenges
By Joan Kelly-Kincade, Strategic Sales Advisor Remember that line from the movie Apollo 13? “Houston, we have a problem.” The engineers at NASA had to figure out what to do to help in an emergency using only the resources already available to astronauts in space. The...
Adopt a Growth Mindset to Enhance Sales Success
By Joan Kelly-Kincade, Strategic Sales Advisor Imagine knowing a secret that contributes to sales success even as everything around you continues to change. Wouldn’t that be a game-changer? Full transparency: This month’s topic is not the secret sauce. But it can...
MARKET ANALYSIS DESIGN: KEY FACTORS TO CONSIDER
Beginnings are important. In life and in project planning, they set the stage for everything that comes after. Whether for new development, an expansion or repositioning a community, project planning should always start with a detailed look at your market. Some...
Market Analysis Design: Key Factors to Consider
In a recent Sunday mass that I attended, the priest began by saying that “Beginnings are very important. They set the stage for everything that comes after.” It struck me how true this is in the world of project planning, whether for new development, for an expansion...
Before the Beyond: Understanding Seniors’ Changing Media Habits
Many credit the pandemic with the increased adoption of technology, but experts say the shift in seniors’ media habits started well before then. See what the panelists of our next webinar have to say about current trends and how senior living providers can plan for them.
CEO Action Plans for 2022 – Part 2: Tactics to Increase Staffing
Our president/CEO, Rob Love, recently had the pleasure to speak with friends who are CEOs of Life Plan Communities—Danny Sanford of Still Hopes, Doug Feller of Village On The Isle and Mike Rambarose of Whitney Center. As they talked about their top goals for 2022 and how they plan to achieve them, they all agreed that a re-evaluation of staffing and recruitment practices was necessary.
How Can Single-Site Senior Living Providers Tackle 2 Major Challenges Facing Them in 2022: Labor and Consolidation?
By Rob Love, President & CEO at Love & Company and Chris Keysor, President & CEO at Lenbrook The recent webinar, “Focus on 2022: Insights and Strategies for a Successful Year,” addressed how Life Plan Communities can rebound after two challenging years and...
Evolving Our Communities to Prepare for Increased Consumer Use of Technology
By Karen Adams, Vice President, Market Intelligence Hastened by the pandemic, we know that communications, access to online services such as telemedicine, grocery delivery and audio-visual calls, and build-your-own entertainment collections (e.g., music, television,...
A Middle Market Playbook
By Melissa Andrews, President and CEO, LeadingAge Virginia In December 2017, LeadingAge Virginia convened a Cabinet with the charge of developing a community prototype(s) that successfully serves the mature middle market. The primary challenge to the Cabinet was, “How...
Which Senior Living Amenities Will Attract The Boomer Generation?
Guest article by Michael J. Martin, AIA, Partner, RLPS Architects As the senior living field continues to evolve to meet the incoming influx of boomers, a key question is, “What amenities will our communities need to offer to attract the boomer generation?” Will they...